The Sun. — London, England, 1809-01-24 00:00:00

* ti ItY" serioni,•aud bakiicceeded in obOtting posceision of the yillige through which the great 10.-13 to Madrid passes, and which was situated in front of that part SECOND EDITION. -rts4 OIDON gdZETTE EXhi.4OIIDMIRY. jANIMItY 24; z? Downing-sireet, 4 Jan. *4, 1809., 7,11-! ti, 1. 6tptain Hdpi iirived late East night nif it r. Di,patch twin Lieutenant-GeneraiSli David d co Lord Viscount Castier . eagh, one of ills Ma jes,,ty's ihcifial Soci'etaries of State, of .which the foi isrVl u is a copy. sip; His MAjesty's Ship Ville de Paris. at k*, fan. tg, 18og. By Ole much-lamented death of Lieut.-General :74 ~(;:po ;Nlooly, who kit in aOtort with the Enemy 4):1t ci 4ii inlitant, it has become my duty to as yoiii t...utdship i that the French Army attack rd Oho Troups in the position they occupied of Coruona, at about two o'clock in the aft , :rnoun of that day. A swim?. Wound, which cotnpelled me to quit the' field a short, time previous to the fall of Sir John Moort., oblige, me ,to refer . ,y,our,.,L v ordship for the partiCtlhirS of aid action, 'Which was long and ob.. stny, ly tOntested, to the inclosed report of Liett.;. tetmir';Gelieral HOpe, who succeeded to the Com mand of the Xrtny, 'and to whose ability and d (Awn, in direction of the ardent zeal and uncon que,lit,! ; Of his Majesty's Troops, is to be cittrihtitt.Ll, wider Providence , the success of the day, wh,e!l terminated in the complete and entire repulse and defeat of the Etittaty at every point of attack. `The lion. Capt. Gordon, my Aide-tle-Camp, will have the honour of delivering this Dispatch, and will be able to givo ,yottrf Lordship any further in formation which ,may be required. thieve the hooour robe; arc. D. BAIRD, Lieut. Gen. Right 11011. Lord Vrscodut C4stlelcagli. slit. His Mak'ltro Siiip,Audacious, otPCorunno, ih, 180 g. In compliance' with the dosire contained in your c,,totnottication of yesterday, I avail myself of the first molvictit I have beet{ able to conimand, to de tail to yot the occuirences of the action which took place troni alt Corttnna on the 16th itutant. i:1 oe in your recnlleaion, that about one in noon of that day the Enemy. who had in the nlintng received reinforcements, and who had Yiume guns itt front of the right and left of his ObielVeil to be moving troops towards his lot and Inirning various columns of attack at thst-outremity,ot the .t.trong and commanding poi (ion-watch on the morning oldie 15th he had tal,en in nor iinotediate . front. wohtation of Ins intention was immediately I,ucceeded by the rapid and determined attack which he matte %Ilya your Division which occupied the TiiF,6t of our position. The events - which occurred during that period of the a6tion you are fully se. goeinted with. The first etiort of the Enemy waif tut b ihe l tfothutander of the forces, and' by your self, at the.hvaiix)f the 4 . 2 d Regiment,, and the Bri iticiv micr Majoe.Geit: Lot'd ciliope.aa.your right hetatno . au objeet of .obilhi.ttecontest. hioulit to say, that soon after the severe wound which deprived the Army of your services, Lietne, n,i,ii..(leneral Sir John Moore, who had jog direa. eJ tho most able diToSition, fell by a cannon. b hoi. The Troops, though not unacquditited ttith the irreparable Los they had sustained, were not distimyed, but by, the Most determined. bravery not t oy repelled every attempt of the enemy to gain gjoitild, but actually tbrced hint, to retire, although hp 11;41 hrouglit op fresh poops ineopport of, those orii;inally engaged, The enemy folding himself foiled in . 6v6ry tempt to forOe the right Of the position, endeavoured by otimbers•to torn jtifiiciops and well-timed movement which Was - (node by Major-Oenero Kee, u id) the 4 , :terve, which Corim had moved not of its cantonments . 10 support the tight of th e a vigorous atm*, defeated 'hit inten., 111.1 Majur.Cerieral, hAvitlg pushed forward pth (Ride Corps). and is: Liattalion 02d - Re dio.ve the 'Enemy before him, and in his advance, threatened l the left of pOSitital Thisscircumstance, with tha • op, c,f Lientemmt-Gcneral Fraser's division, to give still ftirther security to the right iti,o) induced *the enemy to reltt4illis efforts in • • more forcibly direded towards re, 'wt.*, IC they were Again suceest ttirl7y resikt. under`atjaii-Genaraiiltinuing'. fortniog the left of ytiiir Division, and tt part und4.,:t l'ilajor-Genaral Laitls, .forming _the ✓ of die Divisitst under my orders, Upon the the Enenty at fret contented hfrnself %vial an' • upon our piquets,, which however in generai ,outtioed t.air ground. Binding, however, ".his c iy,„-t s ,ma4l ng on the right' and centre, be , e.,:emed determined to render the attack nnAn tit" has, of the line. From tl.is post however he was s6ati expelled, : You are aware with What:diligence this sys considerable loss, by a gallant 04114, 1 Of some. .tern has been pursued. patties of the 04; Ilottation . 14th Regiment, under:4 fji Iligole:...circunistanced produced the. : necessity of Lterenant-Colen'el: Nichols.; befere '.fiVe in the ripid.*td 'harassing morches,..which had. diminished.., evening, we had not only successlo:ly rtpelled every , fnd litifabers, exhausted 1110 •strengthehd Impaired attack;`, made upon the poiition, but had 'gained_ the 'equipment of 'the army. Notwithstanding all ground in ',llinost all points, and occupied 2 mare .; these• disadvantages, and those more immediately forward line, • than at 'the commencement of the attached to a defensiveposition; which the Imperious alien, whilst the. Enemy 'confined his. operations necessity of covering the'harhOur of Corunna for cannonade, and the fire' of his light troops, with time had renderedjUdispensable to assume, the net' aylew tO'draw off his other Corps - . At sik'the firing tive and nndaunted valour of British troops was ent frely : ; ceased. The different Brigades were re - vet' more conspicuous, and must hate eueede4)l assenibled on the ground they occupied in the morn- what even your o‘vn experience. of that invaluable ing, - and the piquets and advanced posts resumed quality, so inherent in them, may have taught you their original stations. .- to exile& When every one that hid an oppor= Notwithstanding the'decided and marked superi- tonifyseeMed to vio in improving it, it . Is difficult .otity which at this moment the , gallantry of the ' for me, in making this report, to selea particular Troops , ,had given theil over an ,Enerity, who, from instances for your approbation. The corps chiefly his numbers and the &mini:lading advantages of his engaged were the Brigades under Major-Generals position no doubt expected an easy Vi6tory, did Lard William lientinok, and Manningham and not, on reviewing all cireurnstances,,conoeive that Leith; nud the Brigade of Guard tinder Major- I should be warranted in departing. from what I knew was the 'fixed and previous determination of the late Commander of the Forces to.withdraw.the army on the evening. of the i(ith, for the pur pose of embarkation, the , previous arrangements for whieh had . already been made by his order, andwere, tin fa&, far advaneed at the pommence men,: of !the action. The troops quitted their positioahout ten at night, with a degree of order that them credit. The whole of the artilfett that remained unembarked, having been withdraWtsa, the Troops followed in the order prescribedi marched to their respeEtive points of eutharkatioe thelown and neighbour hood cif Cerunna: The pi-:: quets remained at their posts until five. op morning of the 17111, when , they were,alsei drawn With similar orders, and , without the Enemy` having discovered the movement. By the;unternitten exertion of Captains the Ho nouratile Curzon, Gosselin, Boys, 'Rainier, Ser ' rett,, ltms, D awi tgby ,Carden, and Mackenzie, of the Royal Navy, who, its pursuance of the orders bt Rear-Admiral de Courcy,, were entrusted with the Nervice of embarking the. Army ; and in con segoeueoof the.arrangements made by the commis. over Bowen; diptaioslowen and Shepherd, and the other Agents for Tranworts, the whole of the Army was embarked with an expedition which has seldom been equalled. With. the exception of the Brigades under,Major-Generals Hill and Bereiford, ,Whieil were destined to remain on shove, until the moeeinei,its of the Enemy should become manifeat, ; th'ecwhol'e was afloat before day-light. 'The 'Brigade of Major-General Beresferd, which was alternately to form bur rear-guard, occupied the land front of the town of Comma that under jor-Geneml Hill was stationed in reserve on the pro montory :in rear of the tewn. The enemy pushed his light troeps , towordi the town 'soon fiftei• dclot:k to the 'morn ing of the 17th, and simitly, after oiecupied . the heights. of Sr. Lucia, which cetrunand the harbour. But notwithstanding this circtinistatice and tlyi defeas of' the place ; there being no ap . -, prebenstion, that the rear-guard could ferced,. eticVtlie ,disposition of the • Spaniards appearing to . • .grl, the embarkation of Major-General' Hill's . brigade was commenced and completed by three in the afternoon ; Major-General Ileresforti, with ',that zeal and ability which it so well knoWn tq yourself and the whole army, having‘felliexplain rid, to the satisfaction of the Spanish Governor, the 'nature of our movement, and having made every previous arrangement, withdrew his corps from the land front of the town soon after dark, and was, with all the Waundell, that had not bet , o previdailY moved, embarked befere one_this moruing. Circnnsstances forbid us to indulge the hope . , that the vi6lOry with which it has pleased Providence to crown the efforts of the army can be attended with any very brilliant cousequences to Great' Bri- lain, clotided by the loss of one of her best soli!ier-L It has been achieved at the termination cif a to ug an d Ilaity4 , ,ing service, The superior nutxt-;, berl, and advantageoue posltions of the 'eneoy, not lees than the natial sitoation of this army,, did not admit of - any advantage. being. reaped froM success. It Meet' howFvet i : to yoti, to the army; and to our eoutilry, rho itveetest reflo6tion, that the - lostre of 'the arms 11,ni . been main tained, amidst' Matey disadvantage/ons ci7 . 6tim4ta t i cel ,, I.iie airily Wiiioll 'bad ciact - Cd ip its, amicot . la'a . e. , ;t 146:Teets, had no .. soonei compliated 'its tiwint; to the multiplied • disrtift:i-4 tiiBin... , red 'the uative arrniei arntind ti s ,' i t t l 4t c "tO ity owtl 1 - '4oorims.` The 'lnivltnce o f th e filitiA corps from . the Duero ; afford( d b e . h t: luipe that the South of Spain might be rcl eti r l ; bet this generous effort .to save the unfininhate. General Warde. . To these Officers, .and the troops under their irn „ mediate orders, thegreatest praise is due. . Major- General MI and . ..cOlonel Catlin Cranford, with their. Brigades on the left of the position, ably sap, : ported their advfineed posts. The brunt of the, 4 , action fell upon .the. iiih, 42c1, 50th, and: 8 iatilo glinents, with Patti *of the brigade of Gaards, and the efith Reginient. ,FrOM Lieutenant-Colonel Murray, Quarter-MasterGeneral, and the Otficera t oaf the General Staff, 1 received the most marked ' Assistance; .1 had reason to regret, that, the illness 44 . 414adier-General Clibton, Adjutant-General, "traptiOtifd me of his aid. I was indebted to triga- . IllerGeneral Slade during the, h6tiOn, for a zealous' .offer of his personal services, although the cavalry 'were embarked,' ,• , , • • The 'greater part of the fleet having gone to sea yesterday evening, the whole being under weigh, and the corps in the ernbarkation'pecessarily much inixo on board, it is impossible at present to lay before you a return of our casualties. I hope the • loss in numbers is not su considerable as might have been expected. ,If 1 was obliged tt) form an esti mate, I sh o uld say, that I believe it did not exceed in killed,and wounded from seven to eight hundred; that of the enemy must remain unknown, but iriany'ciretunstauces induce: me to rate it at nearly double the above nutiTheir. We have some prison ers, 'but I have not been able ito obtain an account of the number ; it is not,' however, considerable. Several Officers 'of . ' rank :have fallen . or been wooded, among whom 1 am only at , present, en abled to state the narnes ofLient.-Colonel Napier, °ed. Regiment, Majors Napier and Stanhope, 60th Itekinient, killed; Lieiit.-Colonel Winch, 4th Re- Lieut.-Oolonel Maxwell, sCith Regiment, iLitstrecolatitil Fane, both Regiment, •Lieut.-Colonel Grillith;Guards, Majors Miller and Williams, al at itiloitent, 'wounded. • r ‘ TU'Vou, who are well acquainted with the Excel_ le nt,:qp;,:litics of Lieutenant-Gen. Sir John. Moores, 1 need not expatiate on the loss. the Army and his; Coetitry hive sustained by his cleth. His fall . has deprived me of a valuable friend, to..whom long experience of his worth had' sincerely attached me, But it is chiefly on public grounds that I mist meat the blew. It with be the eonveriation of every r+tt who !eyed, or, respected his manly character, that, after cunductine the Army through an arduous. retreat with consummate fim rness,. he has termi ..., nated. a career. of distinguishetl honour ,by a death thar has given the Enemy additional reason to re speet;:the tiain.euf a BritiTh Soldier. Like the ''.;noriii Wolf, be is snatched from his (.:Guittry at an early/-period of a life spent in her service ; like tiis last momi.lits were gilded by the prospect of,suceess, and cheered by the acclamation of Vie, tory ; like Wolfe also, his meniuty ,will for ever re main sacred it) that Country which he sincerely loved and which he had so faithfully served. ...; It remains for me only to express my hope, that you will speedily he restprtii to the serv i ce o f you r , Country, and to lament the unfOrtunate circuin stance that reinoved you from .your ,a,itnation in'the ' Field, anti threw the recquentaiy cOmMand-into.far less able hands. • . I have tile Honour to be,. &c. ,c l OPE,:Lictit.-Gen. ,i -Nthiereaaet -General Sir Davld te. dee. Itit, ' ~. , , _. ,;, ~ , TI-I. 1!; SUN. }. .~ 110L4/4 QUII 12,1011111 /AI-U/14 AUDRAT ? ~,~..... ;a~.-~--~-a...-..,.. -,LONDOIV„ 7:LTES6AY, J,III:4UARY 24'.1 ~_ ~_ Ara vary late hour last night Captain GORDON nrr;vo.l t rilra C&VPr un I? A n.' _,.1 v... 4. -- v , ,•;- 'n ur.l'. ,A, Mu'"C i '''' 6 ' 10 1 ~ iy effort of his numerous troops, amid pat from SrDAvln BAIRD. It affords us ill a *eve the tetteritatitv all liii principal resources for the dexci` '.fv(f4 ,, o?4p, sincere pleasure to find that the a:count we struttion of the only regular force in the North of - - C'' iiiedved of the death of that gallant Officer is un- Spam. ..--......., foillicied; - and that strong hopes are ;entertained of his recovery. Early this morning the followind'etter ,w ; ls sit :o the Loitti4VbaOß _, ~ r " An:min-Street, Jan. 24, 1809, A.M. MY LORD, Hon: Capt. GORDON, Aid-de , Camp., to 'iltfik4General Sir . DAVID BAIIID, is * just 'arrived ?i; op? - Lialitb;,Dispatches from: .the Lieutenant-General, Iclistr e • at' the i t • • pm erne tog n eiltgence that, after a: hard fought and bravely contested a6tion of three Louis, witi:,•liended in the complete repulse of the Enemy, the Briti,ll Army embarked, unmolested, and with- out any losi, except that which look place in' the aaion.. The whole were lart'at seal)) , Capt. GOR- DO/ proceeding tbr Portsmouth with a fair wind. _ _ " The Commander. in Chief received a shot which shattered his shca!der 'early itt the ntlion, but he (ce,w. )tspe, from General HOPE, who succeeded to the comi , .41.40;10 consequence of Sir DAVID BAIRD being die. 4__ y his wound from any active exertions. • • Gen. Hors hast arrived at Spithead in the 'Arida , ' claus. The Endyrnion has also arrived * with a Fleet of Transports, on board of ,whieb were the siok and wounded., and also a considerable proportion of OA (sitstiry. Sir 114 v is> umar), wo ondarstand, ja o n board the Ville de Paris, and we are (nappy to find from tie last accounts ihat'hia wottnd is considered as being ill a faV9 o r#4 ' • We have very little" to add to' the very ample de. tails wl)tch'wel:wteyesterday enabled to communi- Cite 10 our Readers ti,pnp tiiis"rnnst interesting subject. The ‘ontbatitaiiun of our Troop, was effected with the greatest order and regular 4 for_ so complOt was the defeat of the Enemy, that ihiy 6nry mad; very feeble attempts after the battle to impede clot embarkation, and those were not made t>till sbovs fourteen Tionri after the attien had ceased. ~ Of the loss of the Fatleniy - we have ut;t receiYe# any aoeonntt indeetat ,is not prohable.that we shall receive any verraceprate inforniation upon the sob' ,• • • There can, however ; be no doubt that it ikas'veri great, became they %Vere much exposed in, theit pttacks, and the fire kept up 'by '6or Troopi .was most dreadful. The Dispatch t es 're:ceived Government will be published tfiis ofternoon.if).ll 'Gazette Extraordinary. We have not yet seen' tt complete list of the 1 111 0 and Wounded, but the following is o ffi c iay given Lieutenant. Colonel Napier, old Regime r, Ma' jors Napier.and Stanhope, oath Regiment; Lientenant-Colonel Winch, 4th Ittsgiment, Lwow nant.Col. Maxwell , 2601 Reg,iwent, Fane, 59th Regiment, Lieut.-Col. C Gtordcp Maids Miller and Willi aml,B 1 st Regiment, woundod• „ . Yesterday a Cahinet Council was held 10 ' Poyezn Otlice, at which were present, his Ur ce thu Dnkp of PORTLAND, the LORDCWANCELLOR, 134Tuuarr, Ltvuuroo' WasikoasLANptand CAW' DEN Lords IVlut.easva and CAsTi.s.alcAG.H ; Stcretary CANNING, and the CHANCELLOR. cf.. !; .4cHEQUEE: - The Duke .of Yosk:a Oiffee was trowded-fit, whole of - yesterday, and his 'Royal.' Higiateaft 045 ,. 'ther'e'in, person. He more then once earneiout endeavour to satisfy the anxious and 4. lamorrins in; qutties of variou s G e n t l emen , relatives or frivotl" , (1 the'Ofncera now 'Or lately in Spain. His Royal frigl l ' t neyyssured them 'that he Wag in dl)os4es‘inn K . ooly.anrt'atit of momenti beyond those whit . ? It v ,..,o4li:esdy known to the Pnblie • the Dispatches Tiat tl uo : traw; : i ell e it x o pe G tt ( e n: l e . intnent not bein g arrived, than ' MAILS. I3in-6 Gottenburgh, t Malta. LI I) i JAE C•Vill't: lived long enough to know .that his meritorious exertions had 'secured thet.,lefeat and disappoint. . ed the hopes of the Enemy. tieutenant-General Sir DAvrn BAIRD being **Noir wounded in the arm, had been obliged to suPr amputation, but there is every reason to hope that he will recover. I have the honour to be, Scc. (Signed) " CASTLEREAGH:! : g( Ta ilie Rigla Lion, Me Lord Wayor." Soon After this Letter was sent to the I,OEn. 'MAYO.4.• .114Qt111Cr OffiCc.l; C4ptain COPKBVIINg ar• rived attorct CAST! EREAPA'S Disr itches f